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Letter: Oppose government option

Editor: I wanted to voice my opposition to the current health care reform bills. It's obvious that these bills have nothing to do with making health insurance cheaper. They could have written a 20-page bill to do this. It would include tort reform, buying across state lines and allowing insurance pools. The bill contains none of these. What the 2,000-page bills do contain is a government takeover of our freedom and economy.

This is the kind of stuff we're seeing from communist dictatorships like with Hugo Chavez and Venezuela. Unfortunately, the Republicans don't have the power to stop it. In their pursuit for this kind of power, the Obama Administration and Democrats have had their hearts corrupted. Even though they know most Americans are opposed to these bills, they intend on ramming it down our throats through reconciliation. They have resorted to backroom deals, payoffs and coercion to get the moderate members of their own party to vote for it.

They have resorted to lying and deception to sell this. They say it is revenue neutral when all along they will be taxing us for 10 years while only providing benefits for six. They lie by saying we can keep our current health insurance when we all know that insurance companies can't compete with a public plan. They say it will improve health care when all along they know it will produce rationing, long lines and poor health care as proven by any other government-run plan, such as Massachusetts.

I'm reminded that the Devil promises us the world but seeks to enslave us. I for one would rather be sick and poor with freedom than to live under an oppressive government. That's what our country is all about.